Fscommand exec on mac to open pdf works in a cs3 projector file but not in a cs5 projector file

Question

Hi,
I could succesfully open a external pdf with the following command in Flash cs3 on a Mac:
fscommand("exec", "test.app");
test.app (inside an fscommand folder) is an apple script that opens the pdf inside the fscommand folder, to make it work I needed to copy the fscommand folder into the MacOs Folder of the Mac Projector File. The same steps don't seem to work with Flash cs5. I can't downgrade my cs5 project to cs3.
Is this problem a bug in Flash cs5?
Has anyone solved this problem?
Thank you.

Answer 1

I had this same issue today - could not get a mac projector, FP 10, built in cs5, to run fscommand("exec", "test.app") no matter what I tried. I also couldn't find any definitive threads via google, so here's everything I know about fscommand("exec") for anyone who's looking.
I wanted to run a custom batch (.bat) file on windows and a custom applescript file on mac. I needed to restart a legacy, cross-platform kiosk application on a click (unfortunately could not use AIR).
On the Mac (Flash CS5) - First off - Flash CS5 on Mac did not work no matter what I tried
I also tried opening up the .app package contents and copying the fscommand folder into that, with no luck.
You have to create the projector in CS4 (I down-saved to CS4 and used my PC running CS4 to publish) and put the "callee" .app in a folder named fscommand alongside the projector.
I used these directions to create an .app of my applescript that restarts my projector: http://soapbox.lafayette.edu/node/517
Here's the applescript I wrote:
tell application "kiosk"
    -- kill the "caller" app if running
    quit
end tell
set myFile to (path to me)
tell application "Finder"
   -- the delay wasn't needed in practice, but might be of help
   -- delay 1
    open application file "kiosk.app" of container of container of myFile
end tell
Now when I call
fscommand("exec", "restart.app");
on a mac, my kiosk restarts as expected.
For PC peeps, I used this awesomely simple solution on windows (Flash CS4)
http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/08/07/Conquering-FSCommand-EXEC-Part-1-Proxy
I put two files in my fscommand folder (at the same directory level as my projector):
- restart.exe (proxy.exe from above link renamed)
- restart.bat
The .bat file simply has 1 line that starts my projector (in the parent folder):
..\kiosk.exe
I call
fscommand("exec", "restart.exe");
and then have a 1 second timeout to kill the first "caller" projector. I wrapped the function as it didn't seem to work otherwise:
setTimeout(function(){fscommand("quit");}, 1000);
Yes, this means that I have two instances of the kiosk running at the same time for about 1 second.
Apologies if my response was slightly off-topic, but I hope the info helps someone avoid losing a whole evening on a pressing deadline like me!